The tech world has gone from being allergic to Warren to respecting her and embracing her intellectual policies—but despite their dawning enthusiasm, they can’t get anywhere near the candidate herself
, the tech world has gone from being allergic to Warren to respecting her and embracing her intellectual policies—even, sometimes, as they apply to the tech world. But there’s a catch: Despite their dawning enthusiasm, they can’t get anywhere near the candidate herself. Silicon Valley donors, Recode writes, are trying “every angle they can” to get face time with her, to no avail. “They don’t even want the appearance of a donor ask,” one source told the outlet. “We’ve tried every lever.
Her campaign has reportedly turned down every arrangement, from casual gatherings where no money changes hands, to family-centered events with kids involved. Multiple supporters expressed “frustration” to Recode that the campaign is cold-shouldering them for the mere crime of being loaded and well-connected.
This was their chance to finally get in front of Warren, some donors thought, and so they forked over as much as $50,000 to attend a VIP reception and earn their grip-and-grin with possibly the next Democratic nominee for president. People from Silicon Valley who’d had no plans to attend yet another Democratic Party fundraiser were suddenly buying tables.
Tech donors, including some senior employees from companies like Slack, Apple, and Facebook, took the bait—and helped fill out three tables in the center of the ballroom at San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel, where Warren would speak to the larger group after the VIPs got their time to peddle influence.
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